RE: Do you think religion is holding society back?
June 27, 2017 at 7:45 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2017 at 7:47 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 27, 2017 at 5:28 pm)Godscreated Wrote:(June 26, 2017 at 9:18 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Newton didn't make those contributions by bullshitting anyone about gods...and the adventist church's rep in healthcare is based on providing medicine, not jesus.
What kind of failed ideology is so bankrupt in it's own accomplishments that it compels believers to appropriate the work of human beings as the work of their religion? The greatest thing that christianity has ever done for society, if christianity's own stories are to be believed...is to beat a jew near to death then hang him on a cross so that some asshole, somewhere, can avoid just punishment for being an asshole.
Yeah, thanks for that.
Newton never denied his Christian belief and actually gave credit to it for his accomplishments. The Adventist church most certainly uses Jesus in it's medical practices. I have Adventist friends who keep me informed on such things.
GC
Newton never denied he was am Alchemist either. In fact, he wrote more on alchemy than he did on science and Christianity.
Bottom line, the fact that he was a Christian, means absolutely nothing when it comes to scientific discoveries. The fact that he may have claimed his work was in any way inspired by his supernatural god beliefs, says nothing about whether that claim is actually true.
His discoveries would be just as valid if he was a Hindu.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.